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A Spammer Speaks Out (TechNews.com) by Dementia at 12:13 am EDT, May 22, 2003 |
] As a Senate committee sought answers yesterday on how to ] curb the overwhelming surge of junk e-mail, one of the ] nation's most notorious spammers told members just how ] hard their job would be. ] ] Ronald Scelson, an eighth-grade dropout and self-taught ] computer programmer from Louisiana, riveted the Commerce ] Committee hearing room as he explained that he sends ] between 120 million and 180 million e-mails every 12 ] hours. ] ] He boasted that in 24 hours he could crack sophisticated ] software filters designed to block spam. ] ] And he accused Internet providers of hypocrisy in ] claiming to want to protect their customers from ] unsolicited messages. ] ] Large Internet companies spam their own members, he said, ] while other network access providers have signed ] contracts allowing known spammers to send out mass ] e-mail. ] ] "I'm probably the most hated person in this room," said ] an unapologetic Scelson, responding to a parade of ] technology, government and marketing officials who ] decried the purveyors of junk e-mail. So all we have to do is grab this guy and beat him senseless as an example to spammers, right? |
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RE: A Spammer Speaks Out (TechNews.com) by Laughing Boy at 1:14 pm EDT, May 23, 2003 |
Dementia wrote: ] ] As a Senate committee sought answers yesterday on how to ] ] curb the overwhelming surge of junk e-mail, one of the ] ] nation's most notorious spammers told members just how ] ] hard their job would be. ] ] ] ] Ronald Scelson, an eighth-grade dropout and self-taught ] ] computer programmer from Louisiana, riveted the Commerce ] ] Committee hearing room as he explained that he sends ] ] between 120 million and 180 million e-mails every 12 ] ] hours. ] ] ] ] He boasted that in 24 hours he could crack sophisticated ] ] software filters designed to block spam. ] ] ] ] And he accused Internet providers of hypocrisy in ] ] claiming to want to protect their customers from ] ] unsolicited messages. ] ] ] ] Large Internet companies spam their own members, he said, ] ] while other network access providers have signed ] ] contracts allowing known spammers to send out mass ] ] e-mail. ] ] ] ] "I'm probably the most hated person in this room," said ] ] an unapologetic Scelson, responding to a parade of ] ] technology, government and marketing officials who ] ] decried the purveyors of junk e-mail. ] ] So all we have to do is grab this guy and beat him senseless ] as an example to spammers, right? Right. OR do as was done to that spammer in michigan - get Ronald Scelson's home and business addresses* and send him "some" snail mail. *http://www.spamhaus.org/rokso/search.lasso?evidencefile=1070 Laughing Boy |
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